Ms. Anam Iftikhar

M.Sc. Botany (PMAS UAAR), M.Phil Botany (PMAS UAAR)
Lecturer
Tel: NIL Mobile: 0342-3164995
Email: anam.iftikhar@uvas.edu.pk

Biography

Mrs. Anam Iftikhar is Lecturer of Botany in Department of Biological Sciences UVAS, Ravi Campus Pattoki. She is one one of the two pioneer Faculty members who have witnessed initiating MSc Botany Program and giving continuous efforts till the establishment of Department of Biological Sciences in 2019. She has nearly 4 years experience of teaching in relevant field along with teaching different courses in Zoology discipline in UVAS. In her credits is developing and time by time revision of curriculum of MSc Botany from 2016 along with recent major inputs in BS Botany and M.Phil/PhD curricula (approved). Anam Iftikhar has supervised 24 Masters Students in 2017 and 2018 in various fields such as Allelopathy, Taxonomy, EthnoBotany, Agricultural Biotechnology (composting), and Bioactivities of Plants with her major field of specialization which are Tissue Culture and Phytochemistry. Three M.phil zoology students have also gained benefit from her equal interdisciplinary research interest. She has attended almost 25 national and international seminars, symposium, and workshops. Her impact factor is 3.74 as having 4 international and two national publications. Mrs. Anam is member of various professional bodies such as American society of Microbiology (student chapter), UVAS Fisheries Society, convener of Qiraat and Society Ravi Campus and female’s Hostel Incharge for two years. Her main contribution is developing two Plots in Botanical Garden UVAS and still working on other two is in line. She has great interest in grooming students professionally and socially and has taken enormous steps in various ways in boosting this aim.

Areas of Interest

  • Tissue Culture: subjecting various potential medicinal, nutaceutical or food plants to this techniques aiming production of desired traits along with mass production.
  • Phytochemistry: analyzing phytochemical qualitatively and quantitatively from different plants to build a preliminary base for making drugs and trating different ailments in long term.
  • Agricultural biotechnology and environmental pollution: working on exploring different ways to degrade agricultural and home based waste to make compost, an environment saving strategy
  • Plant Taxonomy and Ethnobotany: to explore diversity and uses of native plants as the surrounding areas of campus has a tremendous unexplored potential.

Publications


 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL

(Impact Factored)

  1. Hussain,M., Y. Bibi , N. I. Raja, M. Iqbal , S. Aslam , N. Tahir , M. Imran and A. Iftikhar. 2016. A review of therapeutic potential of Ajuga bracteosa: A critically endangered plant from Himalaya. Journal of Coastal Life Medicine, 4(11): 918-924.  (Impact Factor: 0.350).
  2. Hussain,M., N. I. Raja, A. Akram,  A. Iftikhar, D. Ashfaq, F. Yasmeen and M. Iqbal. 2016. A status review on pharmacological implications of Artemisia absinthium, A critically endangered plant. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, 7(1).(Impact Factor: 0.423).
  3. Idrees,S., R. Qureshi, Y. Bibi, A. Ishfaq, N. Khalid, A. Iftikhar, A. Shabir, I. Riaz, N. Saboon and N. Ahmad. 2016. Ethnobotanical and Biological Activities of Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne.: A Review. Afr. J. Tradit Complement. Altern. Med., 13(4): 88-96.( Impact Factor: 0.500).
  4. Hussain,M. N. I. Raja, M. Iqbal, A. Iftikhar, H. M. Sadaf, S. Sabir, M. A. Sultan and M. N. A. Faz. 2016. Plantlets Regeneration via Somatic Embryogenesis from the Nucellus Tissues of Kinnow Mandarin (Citrus reticulata L.). AJPS, 7(6) 798-805.( Impact Factor: 1.10).

NATIONAL

(Impact Factored)

  1. Iftikhar, A., R. Qureshi, M. Munir, G. Shabbir, M. Hussain and M.A. Khan. 2015. In vitro micropropagation of Solanum villosum-a potential alternative food plant. Pak. J. Bot., 47(4): 1495-1500 (Impact Factor: 0.82).
  2. Maalik, A., S. Ali, A. Iftikhar, M. Rizwan, H. Ahmad and I. Khan. 2019. Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus and Risk Factors for Bovine Subclinical Mastitis in District Kasur, Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool., 51(3): 1123-1130. (Impact Factor: 0.547).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students supervisor:

Sr. No.

Research title

Student supervised

Progress

1.

Testing antibacterial potential of Solanum Villosum Mill. against Staphylococcus aureus

Ayesha Javed
2016-va-898

Submitted

2.

Ethnobotanical survey of four rural sites in
district Kasur

Ifrah Nadeem
2016-va-879

Submitted

3.

Floristic Inventory of C block, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Ravi Campus Pattoki

Faiza batool
2016-va-875

Submitted

4.

Floristic inventory of B and D block, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Ravi Campus Pattoki

Kneez Makhdooma Jafary
2016-va-897

Submitted

5.

Antimicrobial activity of Solanum villosum Mill
against E.coli a common fish pathogen in Pakistan.

Noor Fatima
2016-va-874

Submitted

6.

Antibacterial activity of solanum villosum mill.
Against a potent fish pathogen
pseudomonas aeruginosa

Shama Shaukat
2016-va-869

Submitted

7.

Floristic inventory of a-block, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Ravi Campus Pattoki

Ghazala Arshad
2016-va-871

Submitted

8.

Assessing antioxidant activity of powdered aerial parts of Solanum Villosum Mill.

Iqra ghafoor
2016-va-883

Submitted

9.

Antioxidant potential of fresh aerial parts of solanum villosum mill using different assays

Aroosa Shahid
2016-va-865

Submitted

10

Evaluating antioxidant potential of Heliotropium curassavicum L. using various assays

Iqra Mustafa
2017-VA-1537

Submitted

11.

Evaluation of antioxidant activity of Sonchus asper

Saleha
2017-VA-1536

Submitted

12.

Assessment of Pseudomonas and Salmonella during composting of agricultural by products

Uzma Akram
2017-VA-1531

Submitted

13.

Isolation of Escherchia coli and Aeromonas during compositing of agricultural by product

Asma Sharif
2017-VA-1521

Submitted

14.

Isolation of Staphylococcus during compositing of agricultural by products

 

Muhammad Qaddeer Nawaz Nasir
2017-VA-1539

Submitted

15.

Quantitative phytochemical analysis of Heliotropium curassavicum and
Sonchus asper

Maimoona Arshad
2017-VA-1533

Submitted

16.

Ethnobotanical survey in some selected sites of District Okara, Punjab                                     

Sidra Saleem
2017-VA-1541

Submitted

17.

Preliminary qualitative phytochemical investigation of whole part of Sonchus asper L. extracts in various solvents

Sidra Shabbir
2017-VA-1530

Submitted

18.

Detemination of allelopathic effect of Amaranthus viridis and Chenopodium album on initial germination and development of some selected food plants

Rukhsana Batool
2017-VA -1540

Submitted

19.

Antibacterial activity of Heliotropium curassavicum L. against Staphylococcus isolated from fish species, Punjab Pakistan

Tahira Saleem
   2017-VA-1535

Submitted

20.

Ethnomedicinal/Veterinary wisdom of local practitioners of selected sites in District Kasur

 

Ayesha Faqeer Hussain
2017-VA-1529

Submitted

21.

Floristic inventory of A and C block, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Ravi Campus Pattoki

Huma Tabassum
2017-VA-1517

Submitted

22.

Floristic inventory of B and D block, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Ravi Campus Pattoki

Nabila Javed
2017-VA-1542

Submitted

23.

Phytochemical analysis of crude extracts of Heliotropium Currasavicum L., A marshy herb from Pattoki, District Kasur

Maria Choudary
2017-VA-1527

Submitted

24.

Antibacterial activity of Sonchus asper against Staphylococcus aureus fish pathogen

Ayesha Saleem
2017-VA-1532

Submitted

Member Supervisory Committee:

  1. Zarnab Naseem, Seroepidemiology and molecular detection of avian influenza disease virus in captive birds in district Kasur. M. Phil. Student Department of Wildlife and Ecology, UVAS, Ravi Campus Pattoki (2019 submitted)
Rest of two students from